Fastener strip or fly for garments



April 5 1927.

L. ROSENMAN FASTENER STRIP OR FLY FOR GARMENTS Filed may 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 27 I v INVENTOR:

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Patented Apr, 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

LEO ROSENMAN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO R. K. M. MFG. COMPANY, A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FASTENER STRIP R FLY FOR GARMENTS.

Application filed May 24,

This invention has reference, generally, to a'novel means and method of mounting garment-fasteners, such as hooks and eyes to strips or flies to be used with garments; and, the present invention has for its principal object to secure the fasteners to the strips or flies in such a manner, that'the strip or fly, when viewed from the front thereof will not display thereon the line or lines of stitching by means of which the garmentfasteners are secured in place.

The present invention has for its further object to provide a fly comprising a main or base-strip and a front or face-strip, the latter being secured to said main or basestrip in a flattened-out condition by means of a line of sewing or' stitching, the said front or face strip being folded over upon I said line of stitching, so that the latter is invention in view, the said invention con-' sists, primarily, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, and in the novel means and method of securing the fly-member's or elements in their secured relation, so that the connecting-line or lines of stitching will not be exposed to view upon the front face of the nished fly, and also that the fasteners will be secured in place against movement and accidental displacement, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims, which are appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification. 7

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front face view of fragmentary portions of a pair of flies, one fly being provided with hooks and the other fly being providedwith eyes, said flies being made according to and embodying the principles 1922. Serial no; 563,209.

of the present invention, and being shown in their separably connected relation by means of the hooks and eyes, which are in dicated in dotted outline.

Figure 2 is a front face view of the fragmentary portion of one of said flies shown in said Figure 1, in this instance, the one which is provided with garment-fasteners, in the form of eyes; and Figure, 3 is a. rear face View of the fly shown in said Figure 2.

Figure A! is a cross-sectional representation of said fly, said section being taken on line f4= in said Figure 2; and Figure 5 is a similar sectional represena-tion of the fly, sald section being taken on line 5-5 in said Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a rear face view of the fragmentary portion of the fly shown in said F igure 2, before the front or face strip of the fly is folded over upon the main or base-strip,

for securing the said front or face-strip to said main or base-strip, and also showing one method of securing the garment fasteners in place; and Figure 7 is a transverse vertical section of the parts shown in said Figure 6, said section being taken on line 7-7 in said Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a transverse vertical sectional representation of a modified form of main or base-strip and a front or face strip, showing a slightly different arrangement of the connected members, and still embodying the principles of the present invention; and Figure 9 is a similar sectional representation of the members shown in saidFigure 8, be-

sa d view illustrating the line of stitching fore the front or, face-strip is folded over upon the main or base-strip, said view showing, also, the method of securing said front orface-strip to the main or base-strip.

, Figure 10 is a view of a fragmentary portion of a fly, said view showing a portion of the front or face-strip ripped awa from the main or base-strip, to illustrate still another modified-arrangement of the various parts; Figure 11 is a transverse vertical sectional representation of the said parts, said section being taken on line 11-11 in said Figure 10; and Figure 12 is a rear face view of the parts represented in said Figures 10 and 11, said view showing .a portion of the main or base-strip ripped away from the front or face-strip, and folded back, to illustrate more particularly the general arrangement and method of securing'a garment-fastener or fasteners between the folded portions of the said main or base-strip.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to Figures 1a 7 inclusive, the reference-characters 1 and 2, in Figure 1, indicate what is known in the trade as flies, the same being of any desired fabric to be suitably secured to a garment in a manner to be presently more fully described. Employed with one of said flies, as 1, is an arrangement of hooks 3, and employed with the other of said flies, as 2, is an arrangement of eyes 4. In eithercase, the construction and arrangement of the members which constitute a fly, whether used with thehooks 3, or with the eyes 4, be ing the same, I will hereafter refer to and describe the construction merely of the fly indicated by the reference-character 2, and the eyes 4 employed in connection therewith,

As shown, the main fly consists, essentially, of a base strip-5, which is longitudi nally folded, as at 6 and 7, so as to provide two folds Sand 9, one fold of which, as 8, is usually of greater width than the fold 9, and of a front or face-strip 10, which is also longitudinally folded, as at 11 and 12, so as toprovide two folds 13 and 14, one of said folds, as 13, being of greater width than the fold'14. Suitably disposed between the adjacent surface-portions of the said base-strip 5 and the front or face-strip 10, in'a manner as shown more particularly in Figure 4 of the drawings, are suitably spaced gar- -Inent-fasteners',-as the eyes 4, the hook-receiving eye-portions 15 of which project slightly beyond the longitudinally folded edges 11 of the front or face-strip 10. Be-

. for the fold 13 is made, the front or face- 1 stitching.

strip 10 is left in a flattened out relation to the main base-strip 5, as shown in Figure 7 of the drawings, and the two members and then secured together by means of a row of stitching, as 16, in which is made at the desired intervals suitable jump-stitchings, as 17, see Figures 3 and 6, forming suitable retaining loops for the reception of the eye or hook-portions of the fasteners, and whereby the latter are securely maintained in their operative relation to the said main or base-strip ,5 and the said front or facestrip 10 secured thereto by means of said The fold 13 is now turned over so as to lie upon'the main portion of the strip 10, thereby entirely covering and hiding the stitching 16 from view, the main portions .of the metal fasteners, except the slightest portions of the eyes or hooks, as the case may be, being also covered, so as to be hidden from view. The fold 14 heretofore-mentioned, and whichis connected with the fold 13 is made in such a manner that when the fold is formed, it will rest between said fold 13 and the marginal edge-portion 18 of the strip 10, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings. To secure the completed fly or strip thus produced to the garment 19,

the marginal edge-portion 20 of the latter is placed between the fold 14 and the marginal edge-portion 18 of the strip 10, the parts then being united by a row of stitching 21 passed through the assembled members, in the manner represented in Figures 2, 4 and 5 of the drawings.

In lieu of the manner of folding the main or base-strip 5 as shown in said Figures 1 to 7 inclusive, and as herein-above described, thesaid main or base-strip may be folded, as shown in Figure 8 of the drawings. In

said Figure 8, the reference-character 22 in-r dicates the main or base-strip, the same being longitudinally folded, as at 23 and 24, so asto provide the said strip upon its under or outer face with two folds 25 and 26, one of said folds as 26, being of greater width than the fold 25.

manner of attaching. the front or face-strip The arrangement and a to said main or base-strip 22, as well asthe manner of folding the said front or facestrip, to cover the row of stitching 16 is the same as that hereinbefore described and illustrated in connection with Figures 1 to 7 inclusive of the drawings, and any further description of the same is therefore deemed unnecessary, such manner of attaching the said front or face-strip to said main :or basestrip, and the folding of the same, being clearly shown in Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings.

Referring now to Figures 10, 11 and 12 of the drawings, there is shown in said drawings, a main or base-strip, as 27, the said strip being folded, as at 28, so as to provide an overlay member 29, which extends beyond .the marginal edge-portion 30 of the main or base-strip 27 and is folded, as at 31, and turned under to provide the marginal lap 32. At suitable intervals, the said overlay member 29 is made with suitably formed openings or slits 33. Disposed in the spaces 34 formed between the said main or basemember 27 and the said overlay member 29, directly back of said openings or slits 33,

arethe main body-portions 35 of'the ar- The said body-member 37 is attached to the said main or,base-'strip 27 'bya line of'stitching, as 42, which line of stitching,v as well as the openingsor-slits 33 are covered and hidclearl understood from an inspection of .:8lid hig'ures" and ll of the drawings.

' abovede's'cri-bed. I I r I 'Itwill be evident'from'the foregoing de-' .scription of; the present invention, that a' simple, neat, and well-appearing fly for gar- JjAs shown, the line of stitching 42 in this case passes directly through the open parts of the body-portion 35 of the respective eyes.

The completed fly thus produced can then be secured to'the garment 43, see Figure 11,

{by disposing the marginal ed e-portion 44v 3 of the latter'between the fold 5 41 and the marginal edge-portion of the strip 37 the parts then being united by the usual row oilv stitching which is passed through the-assembled'members. v

F urthermore,--it' "will beunde'rstood, that .folds' .'folded under,sa1d body-portion, said body portion being provided with receiving slits, 'a face-strip upon said fold, garmentany suitable forms of stitching may be n: ployed with the fly .-'construct1ons hereinunents hasbeen produced, in which there are Ino'lines of f'stitchingsf exposed 'to 'view upon the faceof" the fly, except the line of stitching by means of which the-flyis sewed fast to thegarment, and inwhich the maximum I; portions of the garment-fastenersused in faconnecti'on with each fly are covered in such ,a manner, so that the danger of rusting and providing-an unsightly garment is reduced v r I am also aware, that some changes may;

to a minlmum.

be made in the general arrangements and clauses of the claims which are appended to' combinations ofthe various-devices'fand; parts, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as definedv in the the same. Hence, I do not limit'my present invention to the exact arrangements; and

combinations of the several devices and parts as described in the said specification, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1. In a fastener provided fly for garments,

a base strip, a face strip disposed in parallel plane-over said base strip, fasteners disposed between said base strip and face strip, a line of stitches joining sald base strip and-the main body of said face strip and traversipg said fasteners, and said main body of s'a1 face strip having a free forward marginal edge portion the ond,said line of stitches adaptedto fold' .ackwardly over a garment saidlme of stitches. v

2. A fastener provided fly for garments,

comprising a base strip and a face strip with fasteners disposed therebetween, a line of edge I rtion to conceal both thelatterstitches joining said base strip and face, strip and traversing the fasteners to unite said elements in assembledrelation, and. said Iface strip having a free forward marginal edge portion beyond said line of stitches'which is folded back upon .the main body of said said fastenerswhile at the same time coneealing said line of stitches, said folded back face strip to expose the operative ends of ortion also serving" as a concealing binding or. the raw edge of a garment insertedand secured beneath. the same.

3. A fly for garments comprising a. basestrip consisting of a main body-portion and fasteners havlng portions disposed between the body-portion and an underlying fold of thebase-strip, said garment+fasteners hav-- ing portions extending .into and through said slits, a line of stitching sewed through of said base-strip and through the body-portion of said face-strip, said face-strip having a portion folded over thereon, so as to hide. the line of stitching and said slits from view.

4. A fly for garments comprising a basestrip consisting of a main bodyportion andfolds folded. under said body-portion, said body portion being provided with receiving slit a face-strip consisting of a body-portion, garment-fasteners having portions disposed between the body-portion and; an underlying fold of the base-strip, said garment-fasteners having portions extendingfinto and through said slits, the projecting por-' tions of said garment-fasteners being-disposed between the slit-provided portion of the base-strip and the body-portion of said face-strip, a line of stitching sewed through the body-portion and said underlying fold of said base-strip, through said fasteners,

and through the body-portion of said face-f1; strip, and a fold extending longitudinally from one of the marginal edge-portions l0 folded over thereon, so as to hide the line of the body-portion of said face-strip and stitching and said slitsfrom view,

Intestimony'that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of May, 1922. t

a LEO ROSENMAN. I 

